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Nazi dad's wife wanted on aggravated assault warrant, police say

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Deborah Campbell, seen here with attorney Mike Calabro outside the Hunterdon County Justice Center in Flemington in 2010, is wanted on an aggravated assault warrant, according to police.
(AP File Photo)

Police Chief John Harris declined to release details today and referred questions to the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office, which is investigating. Harris, however, said a warrant had been issued for Deborah Campbell's arrest.

Heath Campbell's girlfriend, Bethanie Zito, identified herself to a reporter as the victim but said she does not wish to pursue charges.

Zito, Deborah Campbell and Heath Campbell share a home in Holland Township, said Heath Campbell, who made international headlines in 2008 upon revelations that he named his children after Nazi figures.

Heath Campbell said he is not divorced from Deborah Campbell and lives with her and his girlfriend.

"They're like sisters," he said today. "They fight. Make up. Fight. Make up. That's how things go. It's a family thing."

Zito said she told police she has no interest in pressing charges.

"Technically, when she hit me, it was my fault," Zito said. "I'm the one who slipped downstairs into her elbow. We were both on the stairs."

John Kuczynski, chief of detectives for the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office, said authorities don't have discretion when it comes to domestic violence cases.

"The domestic violence act and the charges that come out of it are mandatory," he said. "When law enforcement is informed, an arrest must occur when there's an obvious injury to somebody. We have no authority to disregard or dismiss the complaint, regardless of what the victim feels."

Township police were called to the home for an argument Sunday night, Kuczynski said. The victim called police after another disturbance Monday and when officers arrived, they found her with injuries that merited charges, Kuczynski said.

Heath Campbell said he was not involved in Monday's dispute and didn't know what it was about.

"They both got in a spat. They were arguing. I left the house," he said. "Deborah went her own way."

Heath Campbell said he was unaware today of Deborah's whereabouts and she did not return home Monday after walking away from the house.

"She took off walking, I guess to cool off," he said.

In 2008, a Greenwich Township supermarket refused to write "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler" on a birthday cake for the Heath and Deborah Campbell's son, Adolf Hitler Campbell, then 3.

Heath and Deborah Campbell have since lost custody of their four children, all of whom have been placed in foster care arranged by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services.

Police and the prosecutor's office ask Deborah Campbell, or anyone with information on her whereabouts, to contact Holland Township police at 908-995-4670.